In every book I ever wrote the point was to do as much as you could after coming to terms with your limitations.

The best book I read in 2007 was Stoner by John Williams. It’s perhaps the best book I’ve read in years.

If you never forgive you'll always be alone.

What we remember, and how we order and interpret what we believe to be true, are what shapes who we are.

You'd be amazed how much fun you can have if you get out of your own head. The problem is that now people are only interested in themselves. What we have is a non-voting generation. That's what they should call you guys, the non-voting generation. You think you can't fix anything until you fix yourselves. Well, let me be the first to tell you, you will never fix yourselves. p.32

Tom Kealey might be my favorite short story writer and this astonishing collection is long overdue.

In every book I ever wrote the point was to do as much as you could after coming to terms with your limitations.